Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1923, Page 12

PAGE TWELVE. Che Casper MILLION-DOLLAR FRAUD)Swstitute tor IN SURPLUS ARMY GOODS £°77d-Chester IS CHARGED TO FOUR MEN Chief of Federal Division ‘Among Four Government Employes Indicted By Jary In Washington NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Colonel Launcelot M. Purcell, U.S. A., retired, of Seattle, Washington, former chief of the surplus property division, John C. Skinner, chief of the sales division of the quartermaster’s corps, Bertrand Weiss, Her- man Canler, and Harry Miller were indicted today charged with conspiracy to defraud the government. The allebed frauds of neariy $1.-;company in the value of $600,000 for 000,000 involvea surplus army prop-| about $300,000. erty. The second indictment charges ‘Welss and Canter are in business| Welss and Canter with submitting here as the Universal Sales company./this forged instrument and obtaining Muller is he: Harry Miller| property from the government and company o: z substitutions on old contracts, with- Weiss and iter appeared before | out making a proper bid. Federal Judge Boney and entered ten- The third indictment charges Col. tative pleas of guilty. They were re-| Purcell, Skinner and Miller with ob- leased on bonds of $5,000. Colonel | taining through Collusion reductions Purcell is said to be on his way from/in contracts already made, Seattle to answer the charges and Skinner and Miller have been notified to appear for pleading. Three separate indictments were re- turned. Tho first charges the do. fendants with submitting a fictitious assignment and obtaining from the surplus property division merchandise The indictments charge that in one deal alone the government lost $1,- 000,000. ‘The large amount of “mos- quito bars” were contracted for to be sold for $1 each. This contract was later cancelled and the goods held for a year, when it is alleged they were sold to the defendants for 17 cents awarded to the Universal Trading’ apiece, TARIFF REDUCTION MOVEMENT TO MEET WITH SHARP FIGHT ON PART OF INTERESTS HERE The Western Tariff association, whose activities have so greatly benefited stockmen and woolgrowers, has just tele- graphed A. J. Cunninghan, president of the Casper National bank, urging him to use his influence among financial, live- stock, and wool interests throughout the state to oppose a movement among certain powerful commercial organiza- tions who are ing efforts to de- mand ta ns on. agricul . ° other we s Mr. Cunningham's reply 1s con tained in the following telegram, for- FUEL CRISIS WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Protec |tion of the public against a shortage warded to F. J, Hagenbarth, chair-} man organ on committee, Western| tion, today serving impor. eral bank You Say It! speaking of the banana shortage this young lady {s picking some of the now almost extinct fruit in the patio of the Pan-American Union at Washington, D. C. as of Wyoming, t any move a downward re- ng wool tariff.| million pounds| ce in London in future, with large supplies jan and South American wools stored for market in those countries enjoying a low cost of pro- duction a ompered with our Amert. | w ocean freights| of heating fuel next winter by insur- ing an adequate distribution of hard coal substitutes in case of a tie up in the anthracite flelds was the upper: most concern today of the govern- ment. All aspects of the situation were be- ing closely studied by officials as |plans went forward for the confer- ence in New York next Tuesday to which the governors of all the prin- states SUMMARY OF RIGHT NEWS MOSCOW-—Following six weeks of rain and hail storms, a heavy snow has ruined the crops in the | mountain districts of Daghastan, in the Caucascus, according to reports from that region, and the popula- tion of nearly a million in the dis- trict is threatened with famine, DES MOINES—Demand of the next session of congress for an in- vestigation of the federal depart- ment of agriculture is to be made by the Farmers National Council, Benjamin C, Marsh, managing dl- rector declared in an address here, NEW YORK—Fifeen hundred shares of Piggly Wiggly stores stock, at one time quoted at $125 a share, were sold at a securities auction for $1 a share. ANGORA) Aug. 28—({By The Asgo- clated Press..—The minister of nat- jonal economy has favorably received an offer from a Turkish Limited company submitting a plan for the development of the national resources which would be substituted: for the Kennedy-Chester agreement. The proj- ect will be studied by the council of ministers. The Turkish company, {t is under stood, is working with French devel- opment interests. The Turkish offi- cial press bureau says the new plan 19 much more favorable to Turkey than is the Chester convention. Ownership of the concessions in Asiatic Turkey obtained by Rear Ad- miral Colby M. Chester, retired. pass- ed last June to the Ottoman-American Development company, of which Col. K. B. Clayton-Kennedy, a Canadian is @ director. ‘The convention putting into effect the Chester concessions was signed at Angora on April 30. The conven- tion was ratified by the Turkish nat- ional agsembly. ~ Many Sections of U. S. Report Cool Weather CHICAGO, Aug. 23. — Although warmer weather was promised in forecasts today, the eastern, southern and mid-western sections of the coun- Dailp Cridure try continued to shiver and don over- coats as further records for cool August weather were broken end Ught frosts were reported from sec- tions gripped by the cool wave. ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. 25—August weather records continued to tumble today throughout the south. Lower temperatures were general, according to reports, some of the southern states reporting decreases of approxi- mately 82 degrees over that which prevailed during the first of the week. Richmond, Va., Iast night experi- enced the coldest August weather in its history when the thermometer was reported to have registered 48. ITALIAN SHIP ' STRIKES REEF SHATTLH, wasn, Aug. 23—The Isthmian line freight steamer Chicka- saw City, bound from Puget Sound to London, went ashore west of Port Angeles in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, according to @ message received by the Seattle Harbor department radio sation, The coast guard cut- ter Snohomish was reported to be standing by and it was believed the. vessel would be floated without dam-| age at high tide this afternoon. A Positively the only polish that will shine oily ord shoes -No disagreeable Black Paste ShoePolish THE NATIONAL Sample Coat & Suit Co. HENNING HOTEL BLOCK 112 S. CENTER ST. Are You One of Those SHOW ME FELLOWS? If You Are Come in and We Will Show You That the LEARNER Shoe and Clothing Co. Is Closing Out WE ARE AUGUST 23, 1923. 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